-TERRARIA, SNOW BIOME-
“Here we are everyone, or shall I say, everypony. Welcome to: The Snow Biome!”
Ritsu The Zoologist exclaims as she stands before a certain trio of ponies: Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie, all of whom comments:
“This kind of reminds me of The Crystal Empire, all this snow ah’round that is.” - Applejack.
“Oh, oh, let’s make a snowpony!” - Pinkie Pie.
“I, um, think we should focus on getting the mirror for Rarity, Pinkie Pie.” - Fluttershy.
“Then what are we waiting for y’all?, let’s get to searchin’. Hey Ritsu, ya certain about that lead you got in finding that mirror?”, Applejack questions which causes Ritsu to turn her gaze to the cowmare.
“Indeed, legends say that long ago there existed a powerful Archmage named: Cryogen. It’s unknown as of yet what has become of The Archmage however I do know the location of three of his many laboratories. He’s got a bunch of them scattered across The Snow Biome both above and below ground, if you ever find an abandoned house around these parts with a bunch of research equipment odds are it was his. Now, you might be wondering: ‘What does that have to do with the ice mirror?’, anyone want to take a guess?”
“Oh, oh, oh, is it because he was singing ‘Let It Go’, while wearing a dress and using the mirror as a microphone?!”, Pinkie Pie exclaims excitingly with a raised hoof.
“Uh, no... And thank you for that Pinkie, I now have the image of some dude wearing a dress singing with a mirror stuck in my head.”, Ritsu replies as she shudders at the thought. Applejack and Fluttershy looks at Pinkie with deadpan stares before Fluttershy chuckles and says:
“I, um, don’t think that’s the case Pinkie. Oh my, do you think he was the one who created the mirror.”
“Ding ding ding!, we have a winner. That’s exactly what happened, Archmage Cryogen used his amazing ice/frost powers to create the Ice Mirror which allows the user to teleport to any area they’ve visited before. The Old Man Steven was pretty smart to have you guys try and retrieve that mirror, with my help now of course.”, Ritsu says as the group starts to walk deeper into The Snow Biome.
After a whole hour of searching through The Snow Biome, Ritsu finally decides to change things up a bit and says:
“Ok, I’m starting to think surface level isn’t gonna cut it for us so there’s one last option: The Underground Snow Biome.”
“Are you serious?, does every Biome have an underground counterpart to it?. First it was The Jungle now this one too?”, Applejack says with sleight annoyance.
“Oooooh, so does that mean there’s an Underground Desert, an Underground Forest, an Underground Corruption, an Under-”
“Yes Pinkie, that’s exactly it. Every Biome has an ‘underground’, counterpart to it. This is no different which means we’ve got to dig my friends, get those silver pickaxes out and let’s get to digging!”, Ritsu declares as she and the trio of ponies conjures their pickaxes, however, Fluttershy stops momentarily and says:
“Oh wait, Zecora gave me three of those Shining Potions. I’ll drink one and light the way for us as we dig down.”
“Good thinking sugarcube, let’s get to it.”
-TERRARIA-
Twilight, Starlight, Rainbow Dash, and all of the remaining adventurers are now making their way through a forest on route to their main objective: The Crimson Biome. Something was clearly bothering Twilight to which both Starlight and Rainbow Dash, the pegasus currently floating in the air above them, notices this which prompts them to ask:
“You ok Twilight?, you seem so down right now.” - Starlight.
“Tell me about it, usually the egghead is going on and on about this world’s landscape and trying to ask the other adventurers hundreds of questions.” - Rainbow Dash.
Their inquiries finally brings Twilight back to the real world as she says:
“Oh, what?”, Starlight chuckles as Rainbow Dash rolls her eyes. Starlight then puts her right hoof onto Twilight’s shoulder and says:
“We asked if you’re ok Twilight?, what’s wrong with you today?. You seem so, how can I put this, disconnected from reality. It’s a miracle you didn’t walk into a tree or any of the other adventurers yet.”
[SIGH]
“I’m sorry everypony, It’s just... Something’s been bothering me. Well, two things actually.”, Twilight replies as she finally comprehends the words spoken by her friends.
“Well don’t leave us in the dark Twilight, tell us what’s bothering you so we can get the old egghead back.”, Rainbow Dash says which causes both twilight and Starlight to look at her with a raised brow. Starlight returns her gaze back to her teacher and says:
“Despite Rainbow’s rude choice of words she does make a point Twilight, talk to us, what’s going on?”, Twilight nods her head contently and says:
“Well... Sai Sahan gave me a book yesterday when I asked him if he could enlighten me about this world's history, more distant history to be exact. The book is written by someone named: Jungle Tyrant. I’ve never heard of this pon- I mean, person, but what was revealed in that book made me so... Scared. This world has a history that would not only blow the minds of everypony back home but even instill fear among the populace. There’s another thing that stood out to me in that book... It involves Discord.”, Both Rainbow and Starlight shouts in unison:
“Discord?!”
“Yes, our Discord.”, Twilight replies as she then lights up her horn and materializes the aforementioned book from her inventory: The Coming Of Cthulhu. She floats the book in front of the three ponies and opens it to the first chapter. “Apparently, he was born in this world and was banished to his pocket dimension. Speaking of, it turns out his pocket dimension is actually his inventory. Anyway, he was banished from this world and some time later found his way to ours but that begs the question: Is this world somehow connected to Equus?. I mean, I know he's powerful, but what are the odds that Discord would find our world of all the possible realities?. It’s not just Discord, The Moon Lord found our world too, but how?”
“I don’t really get it Twilight, are you trying to say that both of our worlds are connected somehow?. How can that be?, none of us has ever even heard of this place before coming here, hay, even The Princesses were surprised when that big moon jerk showed up.”, Rainbow dash replies as, much like Twilight, she takes on a confused expression.
“That makes me curious too, this world isn’t connected to ours in the same sense as Sunset Shimmer’s world beyond the mirror and yet, If what you’re saying is true, then where is the connection?”, Starlight asks as she joins the two mares in confusion.
“I don’t know girls but that’s what frightens me most... I’m scared that when, and if, we discover the connection it won’t be as pleasant as a mirror connecting our worlds. I can’t help but feel like we won’t like what we find.”, Twilight says which causes both of her fellow ponies to have looks of concern form on their faces. Rainbow Dash shakes her head in an effort to regain her composure and says:
“Whatever it is, we can take it!. We’re the toughest mares in Equestria, we always find a way no matter the odds and this will be no different!”, Rainbow exclaims as she raises a hoof into the air confidently.
“You know what?, Rainbow is right Twilight. Yes, maybe it won’t be pleasant... But, with all of us together not to mention our new friends we've made in this world, we can beat anything. You should know Twilight, you were the one who taught me that lesson... When you and Spike saved me from myself that day.” Starlight says with a smile as she hugs Twilight. Rainbow Dash nods in agreement as she lands on the ground and joins the hug, Twilight pulls away after embracing her friends for a short while and says:
“You’re right everypony, we’ve got this!”, Both Rainbow Dash and Starlight smile's contently as the trio of ponies continues on along with the rest of the adventurers. However, there was something Twilight refrained to mention as she says to herself internally:
-Still... What was that strange presence I felt watching us last night?-
Suddenly, everyone’s attention was captured instantly by the sudden exclamation of Celestia as she declares:
“We’re gonna take a break for thirty minutes everyone!. Check your weapons and equipment because we’re finally here!”, The crowd begins to cheer and hype themselves up for what was about to come next. The trio of ponies continued to walk forward and soon found themselves standing next to Celestia, they look on with determined features as they gaze upon the biome of the living flesh, The Crimson.
-TERRARIA, ???-
A cloaked figure walked along a path made entirely of obsidian but all around the individual, the entire ‘landscape’, was nothing but fire, brimstone, seas of lava, and even large structures made out of blackened bricks. The entire place lacked a sky for one reason: It was below the earth... Far below, this entire place was practically a very large cavern comprised of many different large chambers in addition to large stalagmites and stalactites. Winged monstrosities flew through the air and even a large skeletal snake would hop out of the lava and the ash like ground every once in a while. One could even catch the faintest hint of a creature who seemed to be teleporting around this vast underworld, this place that was reminiscent to hell itself.
Soon, the cloaked figure stood on the edge of a large cliff overlooking a sea of lava but out in the distance of the inferno sea something could be seen nearing the cloaked being’s current position. A sort of wall comprised entirely of grotesque flesh along with many flesh like appendages reaching out as if trying to grasp at any living thing it could find. Waves of lava began to form as The Wall Of Flesh made its way towards the figure on the cliff through the vast ocean of lava:
The large Wall Of Flesh stops just before the cloaked individual and, most disturbingly, hundreds of its eyes opens up in unison as the pupils of each eye looks down upon the cloaked figure. Then, each of the hundreds of mouth’s opens up and as if a large crowd were speaking in tandem they say:
”We have been expecting you... Tell us of what has transpired on the surface world.... Legion, has spoken...”
“My lord, I am steering them towards the various blades they need in order to reform the Terra Blade. Soon, they will stand against you which will be the perfect opportunity for you to consume them and gain their knowledge. Speaking of my lord, forgive my ignorance but what could you possibly hope to gain from them?. Why not just kill them and be done with it?”, The cloaked figure asks which causes Legion to growl from its many mouths which in turn nearly shakes the entire underworld. The many voices of Legion once again speaks and says:
”You have much to learn about The Underworld... It acts as not only a place to punish the damned and to house the demons, but also... As a gateway to other worlds. All worlds have an underworld... All goes by different names and have different appearances but we are all connected... I will use their knowledge to enter their underworld... Their... Tartarus. It matters not to us how you do it, just lure them down here and they will become one with us.”
“Very well my lord, It shall be done. I will return to the surface before anyone notices my absence, farewell.”, Upon saying those words the cloaked figure pulls out a mirror and raises it high into the air. The mirror activates and consumes the cloaked figure in a flash of light thus causing them to disappear.
-TERRARIA, HOME TOWN-
Many of the Terrarians in Home Town are currently eating at Candy Cane Corner. While Pinkie Pie is away, she had asked Lucan The Merchant to look after the establishment and left him various recipes to serve for the town.
“Order Up!”, Lucan shouts as he opens the doors to the restaurant and walks over to a nearby table upon which Gorglock The Goblin Tinkerer, Helena The Nurse, and Vinny The Demolitionist are seated and awaiting their meal. Lucan sets plates of specific food items in front of those who specifically ordered them.
“Aw good, I’m starving!”, Vinny exclaims as he rubs his hands together in anticipation.
“Mmmf, nothing beats a nice bowl of greens and vegies.”, Helena comments.
“That is madness Helena, you need some meat thrown in there. I don’t know how you can go without it for a while but I refuse to go, as they say, vegan.”, Gorglock says as he begins to consume his order which consisted of Porkchops covered in gravy which sat upon a bowl of rice.
“Hey, where’s Tanner at?”, Vinny asks and as if on cue the doors to the establishment opens up followed by a heavily breathing Tanner, The Guide.
“Sorry... I’m late... Everyone. [SIGH] You wouldn’t believe how far I had to run.” Tanner says as he takes a seat at the table with the rest of the Terrarians.
“Where have you been?, we wanted to get lunch together and tried to get you but you were gone.”, Helena questions. Tanner chuckles to himself as he replies:
“Oh not much, I was just visiting an... Old friend. He lives further down the road, way down.”
